The House Majority PAC said this week it was launching the spending plan in New York for the 2024 cycle
The main Super PAC working for House Democrats has announced a $45 million push in New York. This is because the party did poorly in the state in the midterm elections of 2022, which helped give Republicans a slim majority in the House.
The House Majority PAC said this week that it was starting its spending plan for the 2024 election cycle in New York. It did this because the party in the state has been doing less well in midterm elections.
“In 2022, Democrats across the country defied a ‘Red Wave.’ Instead of losing 30–40 seats, House Democrats beat expectations and won nearly every close race in the country,” the PAC said in a release. “New York was one of the few things that didn’t happen in this important year.”
Many officials say that the reason Republicans got a small majority in the House is because some districts in New York, which is usually blue, switched from Democratic to Republican in the midterms. Notably, a Republican now represents six districts that President Biden won in 2020.
The PAC says that the spending spree will include more billboards, digital communications, mailings, grassroots volunteer work, TV ads, and efforts to sign up voters.
“The goal is to define the new Republican members before they can define themselves,” the release said. “This starts with polling on the campaign trail and focus groups to find out what the Democrats’ best message is and set them up for victory next year.”
The group’s leader, Mike Smith, told The New York Times that the PAC plans to act very early on in the election cycle.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who represents a district on Long Island but has had a very rough start to his political career because he has lied a lot about his background and resume, would be an easy target for Democrats.
